Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 1 May 2024.

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New Xbox Game Pass titles for console, PC and Cloud have been announced

  • Arriving:
  • Have A Nice Death (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 30
  • Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 2
  • Kona II: Brume (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 7
  • Little Kitty, Big City (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 9
  • Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 14
  • Leaving:
  • May 15th
  • Eastern Exorcist (Cloud, Console, PC)
  • Eiyuden Chronicle Rising (Cloud, Console, PC)
  • Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 (Cloud, Console, PC)
  • Ghostlore (Cloud, Console, PC)
  • Just Cause 4 Reloaded (Cloud, Console, PC)
  • Norco (Cloud, Console, PC)
  • SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Cloud, Console, PC)
  • Supraland Six Inches Under (Cloud, Console, PC)
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Hasbro's $1 billion bet on internal game development

  • Instead of licensing out properties, Hasbro is attempting to build internal teams.
  • The company has four AAA studios right now:
  • North Carolina-based Atomic Arcade, which is working on a Snake Eyes GI Joe game
  • Montreal-based Invoke Studios is working on a Dungeons & Dragons game
  • Austin, Texas-based Skeleton Key is "doing something spooky
  • Another Austin, Texas studio, called Archetype, where BioWare veteran and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic lead designer James Ohlen is working on a new franchise called Exodus
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